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BJP PROMISES TO MAKE
GUJ A $1 TN ECONOMY
Gandhinagar: BJP Prez JP Nadda
released on Saturday the manifesto
of BJP for upcoming
Gujarat elections
and promisesd to
make the state a $1
trillion economy, to
provide girls free education, and
implement Uniform Civil Code. P6
SHAH SAYS CONG NEVER
CONDEMNED ATTACKS
Bhavnagar: Union HM Amit Shah
on Saturday said terror attacks
were rampant when
Congress was in power
and terrorists from
Pakistan used to kill
Indian soldiers but the
then ruling party never condemned
them due to “vote bank” politics. P6
2. PERSPECTIVE
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Amit Shah
@AmitShah
Vikram Gokhale Ji was a very
seasoned actor, his demise is deeply
saddening. He left an indelible mark
on the hearts of all cinema lovers. His
work will always be remembered. My
condolences to his family, friends and
followers. Om Shanti Shanti Shanti.
Anurag Thakur
@ianuragthakur
Saddened by the demise of veteran
actor VikramGokhale ji. One of the
greatest actors who left an indelible
mark in Marathi, Hindi Theatre &
Film industry with his extraordinary
performances. My heartfelt
condolences to his family.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Conquer anger with non-
anger. Conquer badness with
goodness. Conquer meanness
with generosity. Conquer
dishonesty with truth.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
TOP TWEETS
ONLY MOTHER’S
NAME IN LEGAL
AND GOVT FORMS
STILL A CHALLENGE
ecently, a petition in
the Calcutta High
Court argued that “a
single mother’s child
is also a citizen of
this country, and no one can in-
fringe any of his/her fundamen-
tal rights which are guaran-
teed”. The court has sought re-
sponses from the Bar Council of
India and the Bar Council of
West Bengal.
This has been a problem for
single mothers and their chil-
dren as patriarchy only allowed
the name of father in legal docu-
ments. The idea of single wom-
en as parents was unacceptable
in society until some years ago.
Divorcees and unwed mothers
faced nagging by government of-
ficials, gossip and discrimina-
tion in society over the absence
of name of their child’s father.
A long struggle followed. In 2015
it was the Karnataka govern-
ment which said it was “not
mandatory to mention the fa-
ther’s name while writing the
full name of the applicant in le-
gal documents and government
records”. Many single mothers
are still fighting against this dis-
criminatory practice.
R
hina’s recurrent
Covid outbreaks
are like after-
shocks of an
earthquake at its
epicenter. Beijing has persis-
tently denied that the Cov-
id-19 virus SARS-Cov-2 was
created in a Wuhan lab and it
spread after it got leaked from
there. The world bore the
brunt of the alleged lapse but
succeeded in getting rid of
the virus after fighting it de-
terminedly
. People began to
rebuildtheirlivesaftersuffer-
ing personal losses and gov-
ernments all over the world
began taking steps to restore
complete normality
. In China
the virus is refusing to go
away
. The Communist coun-
try’s zero-Covid policy even
small occurrences are being
dealt with harsh lockdowns
making people agitated.
In the latest shutdown in
eightdistrictsof Zhengzhouin
the province of Henan 60 lakh
residentshavebeenorderedto
stay indoors for the next five
days. The lockdown was a con-
sequenceof unrestamongpeo-
ple over lockdowns. Over
32,000 fresh cases were report-
edonFridayandafearedsurge
in cases has led residents even
inBeijingtostockupessential
commodities.
Frequent shutdowns have
started to adversely affect the
world’s second largest econo-
my and its effect on the glob-
al economy will be visible in
2023. Retail sales and indus-
trial production are estimat-
ed to be at their lowest levels
since 2020, when the pandem-
ic hit the world. The National
Bureau of Statistics of China
report said that manufactur-
ing, mining and utility sec-
tors fell to a negative growth
of 2.9 percent from 5 percent
in March 2022. A comparison
with how efficiently India
handled the situation is una-
voidable. Also, Indian econo-
my is not in a dismal state.
COVID IN CHINA
IS AN ALBATROSS
China’s recurrent Covid
outbreaks are like aftershocks
of an earthquake at its
epicenter. Beijing has
persistently denied that the
Covid-19 virus SARS-
Cov-2 was created in a
Wuhan lab and it spread after
it got leaked from there. The
world bore the brunt of
the alleged lapse but
succeeded in getting rid
of the virus after fighting
it determinedly
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KPS MENON WROTE A
LETTER IN DECEMBER, 1980
During the tear all the
basic conflicts in the world,
conflicts between the East
and West, the North and the
South, the haves and the
have-nots, seemed come to a
head, and there were
comments when it looked
as if they would erupt
into a third world war,
which would doubtless be a
nuclear war and spell the
destruction of civilization.
Politics livened even the
realm of sport. Lord
Kalinin, President of the
Olympic Council, gently
observed that it was for
consideration whether in
future it would be wise to
hold the Olympics in the
same year as the American
Presidential elections
KPS Menon was born in Ottapalam in Kerala in 1898. He got a first in History
at Oxford. In 1921 Menon joined the ICS. After Independence, he became the
first Foreign Secretary. From 1952 to 1961 he was Ambassador to the USSR.
After retirement, he settled down in his home town, wrote several readable
books. He also wrote a monthly letter to his old colleagues and friends. I quote
below from a letter he wrote me in December 1980. It is totally none bureaucratic.
K NATWAR SINGH
The author is Former Minister
of External Affairs of India
“I have been trying to keep depression
at arm’s length by keeping myself as busy
as ever. Unfortunately, I am no longer
in a position to indulge in my principal
hobby, travelling. Reading, too is becoming
difficult on account of the advent of
incipient cataract. I have therefore been
dictating more than ever before. Apart from
gibing the finishing touches to my revised
autobiography, “Many Worlds Revisited”,
which is to be published by Bhavans in
January 1981 and selections from my
writings, to be published in Russian by
Progress Publishers in Moscow. I have been
writing on a variety of themes to a variety
of journals. Among the subjects on which I
wrote during the expiring year are Hats Off
to the Electorate; Frontier Memories; Where
do we Stand?; Kabul Cameos; Kampuchea’s
Unending Agony; The Living legacy of
Lenin; Our new Foreign Secretary; Our Man
in Washington’ The First Hundred Days of
Nehru; A Historic Visit (on the anniversary
of Nehru’s visit to the USSR-1955); A
Formative Visit (on the anniversary of
Brezhnev’s visit to India in 1973); Towards
the Third World War; The Indian and the
Chinese; Oxford, Then and Now; Pattom,
a politician who a abhorred politicking;
Religion and the State; Giri the man; Old
Memories of New Delhi; Viceregal Vignettes;
Gandhiji’s Guru; Jawaharlal Nehru and
Krishan Menon; My Hobbies; the Day I was
born; Indians Overseas, some silhouettes;
Children a super store house of fun; and
Bless the Doctor, but beware of him.
Thinking and writing about our internal
affairs and the international situation do not
dispel a feeling of gloom but rather deepen
it. In India, despite the return of Mrs Indira
Gandhi who, events have demonstrated, is
the only Indian politician with an all India
stature. Politicking, however, is by no
means confined to India. I am beginning to
share the pessimism, or the cynicism, of
Aldous Huxley who said:
‘I become more and more firmly
convinced that it is completely pointless
to work in the field of politics. Political
action is always foredoomed to a partial,
sometimes even a complete, self-
stultification. The intrinsic nature of the
human instruments with which, the human
materials upon which, political action must
be carried out, is a positive guarantee
against the possibility that such action shall
yield the results that were expected from it”
As for men of religion, “they who think
that they can go into politics and transform
the world always end by going into politics
and being transformed by the world.” To
Toynbee, the world historian, who holds
the same view, the only exceptions are
Jesus Christ and Mahatma Gandhi. The
only hope lies in the man who work on
the margin of society. If these ‘men of the
margin’ remains on the margin they can do
something to mitigate the consequences of
the play of politics.
But how few are there who are content to
remain on the margin, resisting the siren call
of politics, and even if they do how little can
they achieve in the present socio-economic
set up. It is more depressing to think of the
state of the world. How can one breathe
freely, with the world spending 400 billion
dollars a year on arms and armaments and
the nuclear bomb hanging like a Damocles
sword ever the future of mankind?
During the tear all the basic conflicts
in the world, conflicts between the East
and West, the North and the South, the
haves and the have-nots, seemed come
to a head, and there were comments
when it looked as if they would erupt
into a third world war, which would
doubtless be a nuclear war and spell the
destruction of civilization. Politics livened
even the realm of sport. Lord Kalinin,
President of the Olympic Council, gently
observed that it was for consideration
whether in future it would be wise to hold
the Olympics in the same year as the
American Presidential elections. There
is little doubt that these elections, and
the militant positions adopted by all the
parties in the USA, were substantially
responsible for the worsening of the
international situation. The elections
are over, but it is idle to expect any
improvement in the internal situation,
especially with Reagan as President of
the USA…….”
With warm regards,
Yours Sincerely
KPS Menon
‘I QUOTE BELOW A LETTER MENON WROTE ME IN
DECEMBER 1980. IT IS TOTALLY NONE BUREAUCRATIC’
3. MISSION
ISRO’S PSLV-C54 SUCCESSFULLY
PLACES ALL 9 SATELLITES
ISRO It places 9
satellites, including an
earth observation satellite
EOS-06 in multiple orbits
PSLV-C54 It travels
around earth to change
orbit in less than an hour to
place eight nano satellites
— Thybolt, Astrocast,
INS-2B and Anand
Vehicle Mission was
completed with the help of
space agency's PSLV-C55
which was the launch vehicle
Satellites The
remaining of the satellites
have all been injected into
their intended orbits
ACCOMPLISHED!
ISRO CHAIRMAN SPEAKS
TO MEDIA AFTER LAUNCH
ISRO Chairman
S Somanath
addresses
a press
conference after
the successful
launch of ISRO’s PSLV C54
carrying earth observation
satellite at Satish Dhawan
Space Centre, in Sriharikota
on Saturday.
742 km
The distance where
satellite was placed
17.17 mins
Time taken
around polar orbit
after the lift off
EOS-06
PSLV-C54 places
earth observation
satellite in orbit
Oceansat-3
ISRO launched
PSLV-C54 rocket
carrying EOS-06
56th flight
PSLV successfully
lifts off from the
first launch pad
1,117 kg
Total weight of 9
satellites EOS-06
PSLV-C54 takes off from Satish Dhawan Space
Centre, in Sriharikota on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
❍ CONSTITUTION DAY CELEBRATIONS
‘Our duties are
our first priority’
PM Modi launches various new initiatives like
Virtual Justice Clock, JustIS mobile App 2.0, Digital
court and S3WaaS Websites under e-court project
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: PM Narendra
Modi on Saturday paid
homage to the makers of
the Indian Constitution and
reiterated the commitment
to fulfil their vision. He said
‘We the People’ in preamble
of Constitution is a com-
mitment, pledge and belief
that has made India mother
of democracy
.
Attending the Constitu-
tion Day function at the Su-
preme Court, PM Modi
said, “Be it individuals or
institutions, our duties are
our first priority.” He also
said that in today’s global
situation, the eyes of the
entire world are on India.
“Amid the rapid develop-
ment of India, its quickly
growing economy and its
strengthening global im-
age, the world is looking at
us with great expectations.”
PM Narendra Modi and CJI DY Chandrachud greet as Union Law Minister
Kiren Rijiju, SC Judge Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and others look on during
the Constitution Day celebrations in the Supreme Court, in Delhi, Saturday.
New opportuni-
ties are coming
up before India.
Crossing all hurdles, it’s go-
ing ahead. A week from now,
India will get G20 presiden-
cy. It’s big! As Team India,
all of us should enhance In-
dia’s prestige before world &
bring its contribution before
them. It’s our collective duty.
—Narendra Modi,
Prime Minister
All the more import-
ant that representa-
tion of marginalised
communities and women in le-
gal profession and judiciary is
enhanced. It is crucial that we
tap into experience of diverse
section of people who are part
of judiciary. Their knowledge
and understanding would
strengthen the institution.
—DY Chandrachud,
Chief Justice of India
PRESIDENT DROUPADI MURMU DRAWS
ATTENTION TO OVERCROWDED PRISONS
President Droupadi Murmu
on Saturday said the
legislature, the executive and
the judiciary need to have
“one thinking” for the country
and its people. She suggested
decongesting jails by helping
poor people languishing there
for years for petty crimes. “It is
said that jails are getting over-
crowded and there is a need
to set up more jails. Are we
moving towards development?
What is the need to set up
more jails? We need to reduce
their numbers,” she said.
President Droupadi Murmu
being felicitated by CJI
Justice DY Chandrachud at
the Constitution Day event.
14 years of 26/11:
Murmu, Modi, Shah,
others pay tribute
New Delhi: PM Narendra
Modi on Saturday paid trib-
ute to those who lost their
lives in 26/11 Mumbai ter-
ror attacks in 2008 & said
that 14 years ago when India
was celebrating its Consti-
tution and citizens’ rights,
enemies of humanity car-
ried out biggest terror at-
tack. President Droupadi
Murmu, HM Amit Shah,
Union Mins S Jaishankar,
Rajnath Singh, Cong leader
Rahul Gandhi and others
also paid respect to victims.
New CCTV clip:
Jain meeting jail
chief and guests
New Delhi: A fresh video
showing Delhi minister and
AAP leader Satyendar Jain
meeting a superintendent
of the Tihar jail inside his
prison cell emerged on Sat-
urday
. The purported video
of AAP leader was shared
on SM by some BJP leaders.
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, NEW DELHI & MUMBAI
Mumbai: Vikram Gokhale, 77, who was
undergoing treatment at a hospital in
Pune, passed away on Saturday, his
family confirmed. His funeral was held at
Pune’s Vaikunth Smashan Bhumi. P13
Ahmedabad: 2 jawans of CAPF were
shot dead and 2 others injured during
a clash that erupted between the
personnel in Porbandar district, where
they were posted for poll duty.
Raipur: The security forces have
shot dead 4 Naxals in Chhattisgarh’s
Bijapur in a operation on Saturday.
Around 50 Naxals had gathered to
plan an attack on development works.
Rawalpindi: Imran Khan, to pile pressure on Shehbaz
govt, has announced that his party members will
resign from all provincial assemblies in country. Khan
said his PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) did not want to
remain a part of the current “corrupt” political system.
Salem: An 85-year-old farmer from TN’s Salem dist set
himself on fire outside DMK house for protesting Hindi
imposition. Thangavel, a former agri union organiser for
DMK, protested against the imposition of Hindi in front
of DMK office in Thalaiyur, next to Mettur on Saturday.
COURT SENDS ACCUSED
AAFTAB TO 14-DAY JC
ELGAR CASE: TELTUMBDE
RELEASED FROM PRISON
New Delhi: In latest development
in the Shraddha murder case,
a Delhi court on Saturday sent
accused Aaftab Amin Poonawala
to 14-day judicial custody. Ac-
cording to sources, Narco test of
Aaftab Amin will be conducted
on Monday, November 28.
Mumbai: Scholar-activist Anand
Teltumbde, an accused in the
Elgar Parishad-Maoist links
case, was on Saturday released
from the Taloja central prison
in Navi Mumbai a day after the
Supreme Court rejected the
NIA’s plea challenging his bail.
Gehlot addresses voters
in Gujarat, appeals to
form Congress govt
CM Ashok Gehlot addresses meeting to support Cong candidate Ami Rawat at
Sayajigunj on Saturday. Netta D’Souza, Ashok Bair and others are also seen.
Shiv Prakash Purohit
Gandhidham: Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot was a tour
of Gujarat on Saturday
wherein he targetted the
Centre over inflation and
terror of mistrust between
communities across the na-
tion. Addressing a rally at
Gandhidham, Gehlot said,
“’I am glad that I got the op-
portunity to visit your dis-
trict. Today there is an at-
mosphere of tension in the
country and central agen-
cies are being misused.”
Gehlot stressed that the
current government (BJP)
has come to power by mis-
leading people and claimed
thatif Congressgovernment
is formed, the party would
bring in welfare schemes.
“Constitution and democ-
racy are being damaged.
The economy is going down
the drain, inflation is break-
ing the back. BJP is worried
about Rahul Gandhi’s visit.
I request you to make Con-
gress win in this election.
BJP’s misrule is going on
for 27 years. Many people
lost their lives in Corona.
Turn to P10
Ravi Sharma and
Ashish Chaudhary
Rajsamand: Priest Navra-
tan Lal Prajapat (72), who
after being burnt by a group
of miscreants
was undergo-
ing treatment
at a hospital in
Udaipur, suc-
cumbed to his
injuries on Saturday, police
said. His wife had sustained
burn injuries when a group
of around 10 people alleg-
edly hurled a petrol bomb at
him in Rajsamand last Sun-
day. The wife sustained in-
juries while trying to put
out the flames.
“The priest died during
treatment at the hospital in
Udaipur. His wife is also be-
ing treated in the same hos-
pital,” SHO Devgarh (Rajsa-
mand) Pratap Singh said.
Prajapad had received near-
ly 80% burn injuries, while
his wife Jamna suffered
35% injury
. A total of seven
accused have been arrested
in connection with the inci-
dent so far, SHO said.
More on P5
Elderly priest burnt
by miscreants dies
during treatment
Satish Poonia forms
3-member panel to
probe Rajsamand
priest murder case
Such incidents are
repeatedly occurring
in Rajasthan in last
few years & entire community
of pujaris, brahmins is in big
shock. I request CM Ashok
Gehlot to take this incident
seriously & ensure safety, se-
curity of pujaris by imposing
proper law and order.
—SD Sharma, Working Prez,
Raj Brahmin Mahasabha
BSF jawans on Saturday shot
in leg of an intruder on the int’l
border in Sri Ganganagar and
handed him over to Pak rangers
Congress member Jaideep Dudi
and former BJP minister
Rajkumar Rinwa joined the BJP
in Churu on Saturday —P4
The NCW on Saturday took
cognizance of gangrape with a
deaf and mute 20-year-old woman
in the Barmer district —P5
Union Minister Dharmendra
Pradhan will attend the national
convention of the ABVP in
Jaipur on Sunday —P4
Jaipur bizman gets extortion
call of `2 crore from gangster
claiming to be Lawrence Bishnoi
gang member on Saturday —P5
PCC chief GS Dotasra, Minister
Shanti Dhariwal and other leaders
reviewed preparations for Bharat
Jodo Yatra in Jhalawar —P10
RAJASTHAN TOP STORIES
Other
Other
4. RAJASTHAN
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Jaipur (PTI): Hun-
dreds of delegates from
various states attend-
ing ABVP’s national
convention here took
out a procession in
Jaipur on Saturday to
display the culture of
their states.
Clad in traditional at-
tire of their states, the
delegates took out the
procession which
passed through the
walled city of Jaipur
from Agrawal college to
Albert Hall.
“The procession was
on the theme of Unity
in Diversity and the
participants exhibited
culture of their states.
The procession was
welcomed at several
places by people, mar-
ket associations among
others,” Hushiyar Mee-
na, national secretary
of ABVP, said.
ABVP’s national gen-
eral secretary Yagyav-
alkya Shukla said that
the procession reflected
“mini-India” in Jaipur.
3 days national conven-
tion of ABVP will con-
clude on Sunday
.
Procession displays culture of states in Jpr
ABVP CADRES THRONG THE CITY
HUGE RESPONSIBILITY ON DUDI
& RINWA’S SHOULDERS: POONIA
Satish Poonia said that people are fed up with the Congress rule and want a change
PCC MEMBER JAIDEEP DUDI AND
RAJKUMAR RINWA JOIN BJP
Churu: Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee
(PCC) member Jaideep Dudi and former BJP min-
ister Rajkumar Rinwa joined BJP in Churu district
on Saturday. Both the leaders joined the party in
the presence of BJP national general secretary and
state in-charge Arun Singh and the state president
Satish Poonia, a party spokesperson said here. Dudi
is a former parliamentary secretary while Rinwa
was a minister in the former BJP government led by
Vasundhara Raje. Rinwa was expelled by the party
for turning rebel after being denied ticket by the
party in 2018 Assembly elections. He unsuccessfully
fought the elections as an independent candidate
from Churu’s Ratangarh seat.
Sanjay Prajapat
Churu: BJP state presi-
dent Satish Poonia on
Saturday said that PCC
member Jaideep Dudi
and former minister
Rajkumar Rinwa who
joined BJP have a big
responsibility on their
shoulders.
He said that the join-
ing of PCC member and
former parliamentary
secretary Jaideep Dudi
and ‘Ghar Waspsi’ of
former minister Rajku-
mar Rinwa to BJP took
place on the same plat-
form on Saturday and
the party workers wel-
comed them with great
enthusiasm.
“However, real test
will be in the battlefield
of Sardarshahar by-
election. Many things
are connected with bye-
lections,” he said.
Poonia said, “I was
happy when there was
talk of the return of Ra-
jkumar Rinwan to the
party’s fold. I called Ab-
hinesh Maharshi to
know his opinion as the
MLA and was wonder-
ing what his reaction
would be. I had a doubt
in my mind that Ab-
hinesh would refuse but
he said that the party
has to decide, he has no
objection.” On the in-
fighting in Congress,
Poonia took a dig at CM
saying that name of his
film is ‘Gaddar Kaun’.
Arun Singh, Satish Poonia and Rajendra Rathore on the dais during the event in Sardarshahar.
Arun Singh welcoming
Rajkumar Rinwa to party.
Arun Singh welcoming
Jaideep Dudi to the party.
People sitting around bonfire & a cameleer makes a halt in Fatehpur (inset) A woman
carrying a child in arms, all covered & trying to save her from chilly weather.
Mercury dips: Fatehpur
and Churu at 4.6 °C
Jaipur (PTI): Mercu-
ry dipped in parts of
Raj, where Fatehpur
in Sikar dist & Churu
were coldest places
with a minimum temp
of 4.6 degree Celsius
each, the Met office
said on Saturday
.
Minimum was at
5.5 degrees in Chit-
torgarh, 6 degrees in
Sikar, 7 degrees in
Bhilwara, 7.5 de-
grees in Sangaria in
Hanumangarh, 8 de-
grees each in Alwar
& Nagaur. Temp in
Jaipur was 10.6 de-
grees Celsius.
Krishna Poonia picks up
trash at SMS stadium
AAP Raj celebrates
11th
foundation day
Private medical colleges should
also increase in State: Rathore
Minor girl raped and forced to
illegally terminate pregnancy
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A 16-year-old
minor girl was allegedly
blackmailed and raped
by her neighbour in
Jaipur, police said. Po-
lice informed the ac-
cused also filmed ob-
scene videos of the vic-
tim and threatened to
kill her after she be-
came pregnant. “The
accused was in contact
with the victim for the
last 3-4 years. In Jan
2022, the accused called
the victim to a café. Vic-
tim became uncon-
scious after she was of-
fered a cold drink mixed
with intoxicating sub-
stance,” police said. “Ac-
cused then raped victim
and filmed her obscene
video,” police said.
Dinesh Tiwari
Jaipur: In a unique ini-
tiative by Padmashree
Krishna Poonia, she
cleaned the SMS stadi-
um for two hours on Sat-
urday. Players, coaches
and staff also cleaned
the stadium. Poonia is
also the sports council
president and MLA. She
picked up garbage set-
ting an example.
SMS Stadium was spar-
kling clean after two
hours of cleaning drive.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: AAP Ra-
jasthan celebrated its
11th Foundation Day
on Saturday. AAP lead-
er Sunil Dhayal said 11
years ago, Arvind Ke-
jriwal began change in
Indian politics and to-
day AAP has brought
welfare of common
man into mainstream.
Dhayal said today all
political parties talk
about implementing
policies of Kejriwal.
Girdhari Sepat, Mee-
nashi Zaidi, Giriraj
Khangarot, Archit Goy-
al and others were pre-
sent on the occasion.
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: An annual con-
ference of physicians is
being organised in the
state capital. The 33rd
annual conference RA-
JEPICON-2022 is held at
Mahatma Gandhi Uni-
versity of Medical Sci-
ences and Technology.
Former Union Informa-
tion and Broadcasting
Minister Col Rajyavard-
han Singh Rathore was
the chief guest of inau-
guration ceremony of
conference organized
under the banner of the
API Jaipur Branch.
Rathore said that 23
govt medical colleges
have been opened in
the state and are in-
creasing continuously.
Private medical col-
leges should also in-
crease so that everyone
can get treatment.
PM Modi has given
the slogan of ‘Fit India’,
this will increase In-
dia’s productivity. All
physicians are gather-
ing at this conference,
this will give us an op-
portunity to under-
stand problems.
MAN ALONG WITH HIS 2 BROTHERS
RAPE MINOR SISTER-IN-LAW
Hanumangarh: A 10-year-old minor girl was allegedly
raped by her sister’s husband and his two brothers in
Hanumangarh, police said. “The victim used to reside with
her sister and her family had come from Pali to Hanuman-
garh for labour work. The accused repeatedly raped his sis-
ter-in-law along with his two brothers. The incident came
to light after the child welfare committee took cognizance
in the matter,” police said. “An FIR under provisions of the
POCSO Act has been registered against the three accused
and the matter is being investigated,” police added.
ATS constable
thrashed, robbed
by 3 miscreants
Madrasa Para
teachers meet
RTDC Chairman
Jaipur (PTI): 3 uniden-
tified miscreants alleg-
edly thrashed and
robbed a 34-year-old po-
lice constable posted in
anti-terrorist squad
here on Friday
, officials
said. Constable took an
e-rickshaw near Gurud-
wara when accused
were already sitting in
the e-rickshaw. Accused
hit him and snatched
his mobile phone, wal-
let which had Rs 5,000
cash and ATM card and
left him at Jagatpura,
police said. FIR has
been registered.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A delegation
led by Shamsher Bhalu
Khan met Dharmendra
Rathore regarding the
demands of All Ra-
jasthan Rajiv Gandhi
Parateachers Madrasa
Sangharsh Samiti. A
detailed discussion was
held with Tourism Cor-
poration President
Rathore regarding sev-
en demands. Rathore
discussed the matter
with Akhil Arora and
Kuldeep Ranka over
phone. Convener Sham-
sher Bhalu Khan said,
they have faith in Dhar-
mendra Rathore.
Speeding car hits rider
atVandeMataramcircle
If committees not
formed in 3 days,will
meet CM: Farooq
JMCH COUNCILLORS’ PROTEST ON
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: The protest
of councillors con-
tinues in the Herit-
age Municipal Cor-
poration. The strike
is going on for the
formation of work-
ing committees. In
the press conference
of the councillors,
Mohammad Farooq
said that if the com-
mittees are not
formed in three days,
they will meet the
Chief Minister and
take the next deci-
sion on the matter.
Councillor Nawab
Chiraniya said that
they have appealed to
the MLAs of the city
as well, and urged for
early formation of
committees. MLA
Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas had
talked about the ear-
ly formation of com-
mittees, however,
one year has passed.
Mohammad Farooq and other councillors interacting with
media outside Jaipur Municipal Corporation Heritage.
COUNCILLORS’
PLAN HUNGER
STRIKE NEXT
If committees not
done, council-
lors may sit on a
hunger strike. They
want to convey our
point to CM first.
In case, the hunger
strike doesn’t
make any differ-
ence, the council-
lors will be forced
to take tougher
decisions. They
stated that neither
they will leave
Cong nor resign.
Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore along with physicians at 33rd annual
conference RAJEPICON-2022 at MGU of Medical Sciences & Technology.
ABVP’s national convention procession passing through Walled City on Saturday (inset) ABVP
women members taking selfie during procession in Jaipur. —PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO
Padmashree Krishna Poonia picking up garbage at SMS stadium.
MIN PRADHAN TO
ATTEND ABVP
NAT’L MEET TODAY
Union Minister
Dharmendra Pradhan
will attend the national
convention of ABVP here.
Prepara-
tions were
made for
his grand
welcome at
Jpr airport
on Satur-
day.
Pradhan stayed at MNIT,
Jaipur where he will have
a meeting with higher staff
there today. He will then
attend national convention
of ABVP around 11 am
leave for New Delhi then.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In a case of al-
leged drunken driving,
a speeding car hit a
scooty rider at Vande
Mataram circle in
Mansarovar area on
Saturday. Car driver
dragged scooty rider
for up to 500 metres. Po-
lice reached the spot
and sent the scooty
rider to a hospital.
Multiple food joints
are around the Vande
Mataram circle. Three
liquor shops are also
there on the four-kilo-
metre stretch. Many
youths are often seen
here driving in the
evening hours.
The speeding car
also hit a four-foot high
wall. There is outrage
among the locals as the
Vande Mataram Road
has turned dangerous.
There is a rising de-
mand for a police sta-
tion or police post in
the Patrakar colony
area here.
Despite the presence
of police on this stretch,
such incidents happen
on this road.
Aam Aadmi Party members celebrate Foundation Day in Jaipur.
—PHOTOS BY RAKESH GURJAR
—PHOTO
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Panel to meet victim’s family, submit factual report to State BJP chief Poonia
BJP forms 3-member committee
in Rajsamand priest murder case
Ravi Sharma
Ashish Chaudhary
Rajsamand: BJP State
president Satish Poonia
hasformedathree-mem-
ber panel in Rajsamand
priest murder case. The
members include state
generalsecretaryMadan
Dilawar, MLA Dhar-
manarayan Joshi and
OBC Morcha state presi-
dent Omprakash
Bhadana. After meeting
the victim’s family
, a fac-
tual report will be sub-
mitted to Poonia.
During Sardarshahar
visit, Satish Poonia said
that the peaceful Ra-
jasthan has now become
the capital of crimes.
“The killing of the
priest is an unfortunate
incident. Ashok Gehlot
is the Home Minister
and he must take moral
responsibility for this
and resign. Whether the
Congress party gets rid
of him or not, the peo-
ple of Rajasthan are de-
termined for 2023. Ge-
hlot and Congress will
have to go,” he said.
Priest’s wife being treated at a
hospital in Udaipur.
MAHESH SHARMA MEETS PRIEST’S FAMILY,
PROMISES THEM SECURITY RELIEF
Udaipur: Rajasthan
State Vipra Welfare
Board president Ma-
hesh Sharma reached
Udaipur on Saturday to
meet Rajsamand temple
land dispute victim
priest Navratna Lal
Prajapat. Prajapat, how-
ever, died in the hospital
before Sharma could
meet him. Sharma met
the family members of
the priest and assured
them of all possible
help and justice from
the government. Dur-
ing the meeting, the
relatives of the priest
submitted a memoran-
dum to Sharma. They
demanded a CID probe,
financial assistance to
the relatives, security
arrangements for the
family and a job for a
family member. Sharma
ordered the District
Magistrate, Rajsamand
and Superintendent of
Police, Rajsamand to
get a CID probe done
and provide adequate
security and compen-
sation to the family of
the deceased. Besides,
Sharma inquired about
the well-being of
Prajapat’s wife Jamna
Devi admitted in the
burn unit of Maharana
Bhupal Government
Hospital, Udaipur.
NCW seeks prompt arrest of
Barmer gangrape accused
Barmer (ANI): The
National Commission
for Women (NCW) on
Saturday took cogni-
zance after a deaf and
mute 20-year-old girl
was raped in Barmer
district.
The matter pertains
to November 24 when a
deaf and mute 20-year-
old girl was raped in
Dhorimana village in
Barmer district. The
victim’s medical exam-
ination was conducted,
informed the police of-
ficials on Saturday
.
“Four teams were
formed to nab the ac-
cused. Other teams
were also called,” said
Barmer SP Deepak
Bhargava.
NCW Chairperson
Rekha Sharma wrote
to the Rajasthan DGP
to arrest all the ac-
cused promptly
.
The Commission
has also sought free of
cost medical treat-
ment for the victim.
“The Commission
has also sought free of
cost medical treatment
for the victim. Action
taken along with the
copy of FIR must be in-
timatedtotheCommis-
sion within 2 days,”
read the tweet from
NCW’s official handle.
Jaipur: State Human
Rights body Justice
GK Vyas has sought a
factual report from the
SP and Collector of Bar-
mer in the alleged gang
rape of a mute and deaf
girl there. The help
of a sign expert was
also taken but the girl
could not tell the details
because she is unedu-
cated, the SP said.
STATE RIGHTS
BODY SEEKS
FACTUAL REPORT
BJYM workers hold protest outside Dhorimanna Police
Station in Barmer demanding arrests of the accused.
16-yr-old NEET aspirant hangs self in Kota Ajmer teen kills self after
father takes away phone
First India Bureau
Ajmer: A 16-year-old
minor girl allegedly
committed suicide in
Ajmer on Friday night
by hanging herself
after her father took
her mobile. Police
informed the deceased
has been identified
as Parul Sharma, a
class eleventh student
and resident of Praga-
ti Nagar.
Parul was taken to
JLN Hospital where
doctors declared her
dead.The girl was re-
portedly under servere
depression after her fa-
ther took her mobile
phone,” police added.
The incident occurred
under Crishtianganj
Police Station area.
First India Bureau
Kota: A 16-year-old boy
preparing for NEET al-
legedly committed sui-
cide on Saturday by
hanging himself from
the ceiling fan of his
rented room in Indra
Vihar Colony of Kota.
Police informed the de-
ceased has been identi-
fied as Siddharth.
“The victim had
come to Kota nearly
four months ago to pre-
pare for medical en-
trance exams. On Fri-
day afternoon, he re-
turned from the coach-
ing centre and went
into his room. At
around 4:30 pm on Sat-
urday, Siddharth’s fa-
ther called the land-
lord and inquired
about his son as he was
not receiving the
calls,” police said.
“The landlord then
went towards his room
and found him hanging
from the ceiling fan
from the window. Later,
thegatewasbrokenand
his body was taken to
MBM Hospital in Kota.
His body has been kept
in the mortuary of the
hospital,” police added.
Raj Cricket Board executive meet
on Dec 1 to decide election date
SKM holds
march over
MSP demand
Jaipur (ANI): Samy-
ukt Kisan Morcha
(SKM) on Saturday
staged a march from
the Shaheed Smarak
to the Civil Lines
here, calling on the
government to fufill
their demands relat-
ed to the minimum
support price (MSP).
The farmers ini-
tially conducted a
farmer’s meet at the
Shaheed Smarak and
then marched from
there to the Civil
Lines. They also sub-
mitted their demands
to the Governor.
Farmer leader Ra-
jaram Meel said that
the farmers fought a
long war and as a re-
sult, the government
had to take back the
three farmer laws.
“MSP guarantee
and returning of the
electricity law were
promissed in a writ-
ten agreement on Dec
9, 2021. But the prom-
ises haven’t been ful-
filled yet,” he said.
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Rajasthan
Cricket Association
(RCA) executive meet-
ing will be held on De-
cember 1 to decide upon
the date of the RCA
election. However, eve-
rything will depend on
the election officer.
The date of the elec-
tion will be decided on
the basis of Sunil Aro-
ra’s availability. There
are plans to hold elec-
tions in the last week of
December, or else RCA
elections will be held
next year.
The whole process of
RCA elections will be
afresh, with this Vaib-
hav Gehlot is set to be-
come president again.
The High Court had
lifted the ban on holding
RCA polls. The court
had dismissed the writ
petition of 4 District
Cricket Associations
and their secretaries.
Tata Project likely to ink MoU with JDA
for Dravyavati river maintenance work
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: In what could
be termed as a major
newsregardingDravya-
vati River Project, the
Tata Project will soon
take over the mainte-
nance and operation
work of the project.
A MoU is going to be
finalised between JDA
and Tata Project after
the consent of both the
parties.JDAsentadraft
of MoU to UDH Minis-
ter Shanti Dhariwal for
approval.
JDC Ravi Jain indi-
cated about the MoU on
Saturday when Minis-
terPratapSinghKhach-
ariawas was visiting
Ward42.Duringthis,he
phoned JDC Ravi Jain
after observing dirt in
the river and gave in-
structions to clean the
dirt of the river soon.
On this JDC Ravi Jain
said that the work of
cleaning the river will
start in 2-3 days.
Notably
,theMoUisto
be done regarding the
outstandingpaymentof
electricity bill and
maintenance.
Mahesh Sharma meets
priest’s wife in Udaipur.
Sunil Arora
Cops inspect the room of Siddharth (L) in Kota on Saturday.
Pay `2 crore or your son will die:
Bizman gets call from‘Goldy Brar’
Satyanarayan Sharma
Jaipur: A city-based
businessman on Sat-
urday received a ran-
som call of Rs 2 crore
from an unidentified
man posing as Goldy
Brar of Lawrence
Bishnoi gang.
Police informed the
victim, Ashok Kumar
Jain, is a businessman
and resides in the Ba-
jaj Nagar area.
“HereceivedaWhat-
sapp Call from a Cana-
da-based number
wherein the miscre-
ant, posing as Goldy
Brar, demanded a ran-
som of Rs 2 crore or he
will kill his son if the
amount was not paid
up. Following the call,
thevictimfiledanFIR.
The case has been reg-
isteredandtheprobeis
on,” police said.
PS Khachariyawas inspects cleanliness work at Ward 42.
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Thiruvananthapuram
(PTI): The disciplinary
panel of the Kerala
Pradesh Congress Com-
mittee (KPCC) on Satur-
day issued strict direc-
tive to its leaders not to
bypass the respective
party forums while at-
tending programmes in
each place and directed
the leaders to intimate
them in advance.
Senior party leader
and MLA Thiruvan-
choor Radhakrishnan,
who heads the panel,
said there is no objec-
tion for anyone to visit
anyplaceandholdparty
campaigns but it should
be done only with the
knowledge of party fo-
rums there including
the District Congress
Committees (DCC).
This notice comes in
the wake of controver-
sy over party leader and
Thiruvananthapuram
MP Shashi Tharoor’s
recent Malabar tour.
However, Rad-
hakrishnan made it
clear that the discipli-
nary panel did not re-
ceive any specific com-
plaint regarding Tha-
roor’s recent tour and
so there was no need to
give him any individual
direction in this regard.
“We did not receive
any complaint in con-
nection with Tharoor.
But the party in general
has a decision in this
regard. It is an institu-
tional precedent to in-
form the respective
party forums in ad-
vance about the pro-
grammes being attend-
ed by leaders,” he said.
The very thought
that such forums were
bypassed (by the lead-
ers) would erode the
strength of the party
and so the leaders
should take them into
faith and inform them
in advance before at-
tending events, Rad-
hakrishnan explained.
The senior leader
said as head of the dis-
ciplinary panel, he was
just informing this to
all party members.
“As there is no com-
plaint against Tharoor,
it would be an insult to
call him in person and
inform him about this
directive. It is a general
decision and everyone
is equally responsible
to abide by it,” Rad-
hakrishnan added.
KPCC tells leaders to inform party in advance
THAROOR’S MALABAR TOUR
Gandhinagar (PTI):
The ruling Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) on
Saturday released its
manifesto for the up-
coming Gujarat Assem-
bly polls and promised
to implement the Uni-
form Civil Code (UCC)
and also create an ‘Anti-
radicalisation Cell’ to
identify and eliminate
potential threats as well
as sleeper cells of ter-
rorist organisations
and anti-India forces.
The party’s other
promises include crea-
tion of “20 lakh employ-
ment opportunities”
and take the state's econ-
omy to USD one trillion
in the next five years.
The manifesto was re-
leased at the state BJP
headquarters by party
president JP Nadda in
the presence of Gujarat
Chief Minister Bhupen-
dra Patel and state unit
chief C R Paatil.
The annual cover un-
der the Pradhan Mantri
Jan Arogya Yojana
(Ayushman Bharat) be-
ing doubled per family
from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10
lakh, and girls getting
free education from
“KG to PG” (kindergar-
ten to post-graduation)
are among other prom-
ises in the manifesto.
“We will ensure com-
plete implementation
of UCC in Gujarat as
per recommendations
of a state government
committee. We will also
create an Anti-radicali-
sation Cell to identify
and eliminate potential
threats, and sleeper
cells of terrorist organ-
isations and anti-India
forces,” said Nadda.
On October 29, the
Gujarat government
had announced that it
would form a committee
for the implementation
of the UCC. The deci-
sion was taken in a cabi-
net meeting that day
.
The manifesto also
promised enactment of
the ‘Gujarat Recovery of
Damages of Public and
PrivatePropertiesAct’to
recover the cost of dam-
age caused to public and
private properties by an-
ti-socialelementsduring
riots and protests.
Other key promises
include setting up of
two seafood parks in
south Gujarat and Sau-
rashtra region, free di-
agnostic service at
health centres and ap-
proved laboratories for
EWS households, set-
ting up three civil hos-
pitals or ‘Medi Cities’,
two AIIMS-level institu-
tions, and converting
20,000 govt schools into
‘Schools of Excellence’.
JP Nadda, Guj CM Patel and state chief CR Paatil release manifesto
BJP National President JP Nadda releases party’s manifesto for
Gujarat elections, in Gandhinagar, Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Ahmedabad (PTI):
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah on Saturday
said terror attacks were
rampant when Con-
gress was in power and
terrorists from Paki-
stan used to kill Indian
soldiers but the then
ruling party never con-
demned them due to
“vote bank” politics.
Paying tributes to the
victims of the Novem-
ber 26, 2008 (26/11)
Mumbai terror attack,
Shah said it is impossi-
ble to carry out such an
attack under the watch
of the Modi govt.
“Today is the anni-
versary of the 26/11 at-
tack. On this day (in
2008), Pakistani terror-
ists killed 164 persons
in Mumbai. Though
such attacks were ram-
pant during the Con-
gress rule, it is not pos-
sible to carry out a 26/11
type terror attack today
because Narendra Modi
is the prime minister,”
Shah said at a rally in
Talaja. Voting on Talaja
and 88 other seats will
be held on December 1.
“Sonia (Gandhi) and
(former PM) Manmo-
han Singh were in pow-
er for ten years from
2004 till 2014. During
their regime, terrorists
from Pakistan used to
enter India frequently
and kill our soldiers
and even decapitated
their heads. Despite
that, Congress never ut-
tered a word. Why? Be-
cause of their vote
bank. I hope you know
who is Congress’ vote
bank,” the senior
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) leader said.
Congressneverspokeagainst
terrorduetovotebank:Shah
Somnath (PTI): Uttar
Pradesh CM Yogi Adity-
anath on Saturday
dubbed Aam Aadmi
Party leader Arvind Ke-
jriwal as a 'namoona' or
buffoon, and accused
him and his party of
supporting terrorism
and corruption.
At a rally in Somnath
town in Gir Somnath,
he also accused main
opposition Congress of
not respecting other
people’s religions be-
cause of its “Muslim
vote bank”.
“A ‘Namoona’ (buf-
foon) from Aam Aadmi
Party (AAP) who is vis-
iting Gujarat now a days
is a true well-wisher of
terrorism. He had also
opposed the construc-
tion of Ram temple in
Ayodhya. He had sought
proof from our brave
soldiers when the Indi-
an Army carried out a
surgical strike in Paki-
stan,” said Adityanath.
Yogi fires fresh salvos
against Congress, AAP
New Delhi (PTI): The
Congress on Saturday
welcomed the Election
Commission’s (EC) ac-
tion in Karnataka over
the voter-fraud charges
made by it and said to
maintain the sanctity of
democracyandfree-and-
fair elections, the poll
panel's probe has to cov-
er all 28 constituencies
in and around Bengalu-
ru and not just three.
Congress’ in-charge
of Karnataka Randeep
Surjewala also demand-
ed an FIR against CM
Basavaraj Bommai and
the chief commissioner
of the Bruhat Bengalu-
ru Mahanagara Palike
(BBMP), who is the elec-
toral officer of the con-
stituencies where vot-
ers’ data was allegedly
collected by a private
firm and additions and
deletions were made in
the electoral rolls.
“The Congress wel-
comes the swift action
by ECI on our com-
plaint of 'VoteFraud' in
Karnataka, but for
maintaining the sanc-
tity of democracy, ECI
cannot confine its in-
quiry/action to just
three assembly seats of
Bengaluru,” Surjewala
wrote on Twitter.
He alleged the “king-
pin”of the“voterfraud”,
who is responsible for
denial of “right to vote”
to Kannadigas is none
other than Bommai and
also hit out at the BBMP
chief commissioner.
Cong welcomes EC action in Karnataka
on voter fraud charges levelled by it
Amrik Singh
Chandigarh: A delega-
tion of the Shiromani
Akali Dal on Saturday
met the Punjab Gover-
nor here and opposed
Haryana’s proposed
move of setting up an
additional building of
its state assembly here.
The delegation,
which was led by SAD
chief Sukhbir Singh
Badal, also raised the
issue of alleged deterio-
rating law and order in
the state.
Speaking to reporters
after meeting Governor
Banwarilal Purohit,
Badal said Union Terri-
tory Chandigarh be-
longs to Punjab and
they will never allow
allotment of land to
Haryana for setting up
its Vidhan Sabha here.
—WITH PTI INPUTS
SAD opposes Haryana’s land
demandforassemblybuilding
New Delhi (PTI):
Egypt’s President Abdel
Fattah el-Sisi is likely to
be the chief guest for
the Republic Day cele-
brations here next year.
External Affairs
Minister S Jaishankar
is learnt to have ex-
tended the formal invi-
tation to el-Sisi during
an official visit to Cai-
ro last month.
This would be the
first time that an Egyp-
tian president would
be the chief guest at
the Republic Day cele-
brations.
Egypt’s president
likely to be chief
guest for R-Day
celebrations
COURTESY MEET!
Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls on President Droupadi
Murmu, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on Saturday.
BATTLEGROUND GUJARAT
KEY POINTS
Randeep Surjewala with Karnataka Cong chief DK Shivkumar and
other leaders leave after the meeting with EC, in New Delhi.
The Shiromani Akali Dal delegation led by party chief Sukhbir
Badal gives memorandum to Punjab Governor BL Purohit.
Congress Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor. —FILE PHOTO
BJP manifesto promises
UCC,celltotackleterror
Amit Shah holds a mace during a public meeting ahead of Gujarat
elections, at Rajula in Amreli district, on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Yogi Adityanath. —FILE PHOTO
Godhra: A road cleaves
through, marking divide
between Muslim dominated
areas and Hindu majority
localities, a metaphor perhaps
for communal fissures that run
deep in a town that instantly
recalls the 2002 riots. 20
years after burning of a train
in Godhra killed 59 ‘karsevaks’
and triggered one of India’s
worst post-Partition riots, the
poll-scape reflects the gulf
between the two communities.
Tharad: “There is no water,
give us water.” As the sun
beats down on arid flatlands
punctuated by salt marshes,
it’s the one demand and
paramount need verbalised
by voters in this border area
when candidates call on them
in these polls. In the ebb and
flow of life, water is the exi-
gency, cutting through lines
in a society riven by caste, the
deciding factor for weddings
with parents preferring to fix
their daughters’ weddings
in villages close to the only
Narmada canal in the area.
Ahmedabad (PTI): All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Mus-
limeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi has hit out
at Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his “BJP
taught perpetrators of violence a lesson in 2002”
remark, saying nobody stays in power forever.
Owaisi also accused Shah of being intoxicated
with power. Addressing an election rally in Gujarat
on Friday, Shah had said that anti-social elements
stopped indulging in violence after they were
“taught a lesson” in 2002 and that the Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party (BJP) established “permanent peace” in
the state. Parts of Gujarat had witnessed large-scale
violence in 2002 following the train burning incident
at Godhra railway station in February that year.
20 YEARS AFTER
TRAIN CARNAGE,
COMMUNAL TENSION
NEED OF WATER
DOMINATE VOTER
MINDS IN THARAD
NOBODY WILL STAY IN POWER
FOREVER: OWAISI SLAMS SHAH
—PHOTO
BY
ANI
8. New Delhi (ANI):
Stressing the impor-
tance of the Constitu-
tion and the Father of
the Indian Constitution,
Congress MP Rahul
Gandhi said on the occa-
sion of Constitution
Day that Bhimrao Ram-
ji Ambedkar urged us to
march on the road to
unity
. He took to Twitter
and posted a video of
the Indian Constitution
being signed by Jawaha-
rlal Nehru, Mahatama
Gandhi and others on
November 26, 1949. The
video also showed the
fundamental rights
granted to every citizen
in the country
.
“Babasaheb urged us
to march on the road to
unity. I will walk that
road long enough, until
every word of our Con-
stitution is upheld, and
every citizen stands pro-
tected by fairness and
justice,” he tweeted.
Congress general sec-
retary Jairam Ramesh
said the draft constitu-
tion was adopted by the
constituent assembly on
26.11.1949 and the con-
stituent assembly de-
cided that it would come
intoforcefrom26.01.1950
which is since celebrat-
ed as Republic Day
.
“Ideological foun-
tainheads of BJP had
nothing whatsoever to
do in making the Con-
stitution,” he said in a
series of tweets.
Recalling BR Ambed-
kar’s speech of Novem-
ber 25, 1949 while pilot-
ing the final draft of the
Constitution, he said, “I
wish to remind the
prime minister and his
drum beaters of just
two paras from that
speech.” He shared por-
tions of the speech.
Kharge said the Con-
gress has embarked on
the Bharat Jodo Yatra
to unite the nation
against forces of hatred
and divisiveness.
“Let us unitedly take
ownership of bringing
India back to its consti-
tutional values and re-
storing the nation to a
time when these values
thrived. The only way to
control this new hegem-
onic disposition is to
counter it with ideolog-
ical and moral
strength,” he noted.
He also alleged that
within the system, the
ruling party has re-
stricted the opposition’s
all avenues to express
dissent.
“Routine muting of
microphones in Parlia-
ment whenever the
BJP’s (in)actions are
questioned and spaces
in media that are acces-
sible to us are shrink-
ing every day,” he said.
“Illegal has become
legal because the fringe
has now become main-
stream. The foremost
tangible spirit of our
democracy is being dis-
torted and disrespected
by people who are using
it as a means to push a
completely contrasting
agenda,” Kharge said.
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Ranchi (PTI): Cold
waveconditionsgripped
parts of Jharkhand for
the past two days, with
the night temperatures
falling up to six degrees
Celsius below normal,
weather officials said
on Saturday
.
The northwest parts
of Jharkhand wit-
nessed a major fall in
the level of mercury.
The cold conditions,
however, were being felt
across the state, the of-
ficial said.
“The chill in the air
increased due to unre-
stricted flow of north-
westerly to northerly
windatalowerlevelover
Jharkhand,” a senior
meteorologist at Ranchi
Meteorological Centre,
SC Mandal, told PTI.
The average mini-
mum temperature has
dipped by one to six de-
grees Celsius from the
normal across the state.
Simdega district
shivered at the lowest
minimum temperature
of 7.5 degrees Celsius.
Al Rayyan [Qatar]
(ANI): Goals from Piotr
Zielinski and Robert Le-
wandowski and a pen-
alty save from Wojciech
Szczesny gave Poland a
2-0 win in a Group C
match against Saudi
Arabia here at Educa-
tion City Stadium.
Coming from the
back of a famous win
against Argentina, Sau-
di Arabia started off
aggressively as Salem
Al Dawsari’s assist
helped Mohammed Al
Burayk make a right-
footed attempt from
outside the box which
was blocked. In the 13th
minute, Saud Abdulha-
mid assisted Moham-
med Kanno to take a
right-footed shot from
the right side of the box
to be saved in the top
right corner.
Two minutes later
Jakub Kiwior of Po-
land was shown a yel-
low card for a bad foul.
Matty Cash got the yel-
low card for a foul in
the next minute.
In the 39th minute,
an assist from Robert
Lewandowski Piotr Zie-
linski’s right-footed
shot from the centre of
the box went on to the
top right corner.
Zielinsk, Lewandowski’s goal guide
Poland to win over Saudi Arabia
FIFA WORLD CUP 2022
Poland’s Jakub Kiwior in action during the match against Saudi
Arabia in the FIFA World Cup 2022, in Doha on Saturday.
MOTHER-OF-FIVE FROM KERALA TAKES SOLO TRIP
TO WATCH MESSI IN ACTION AT FIFA WORLD CUP
Dubai (PTI): A wom-
an from Kerala, who
hails ‘Messi’ as her
hero, has set out on a
solo trip in her cus-
tomised SUV to Qatar
to watch her favourite
team— Argentina,
play in the ongoing
FIFA World Cup.
Naaji Noushi, moth-
er-of-five started her
trip to the Gulf coun-
tries on October 15
from Kerala, and ar-
rived in the UAE, the
Khaleej Times news-
paper reported.
Although heartbro-
ken at Argentina’s loss
against Saudi Arabia,
the 33-year-old still
showed high hopes for
her favourite team in
the next match.
Earlier this week,
Argentina lost to Sau-
di Arabia and is now
set to play against
Mexico on Sunday
.
“I just want to see
my hero Lionel Messi
play
. The loss to Saudi
Arabia was heart-
breaking for me but I
am sure it is only a
small hiccup on their
way to lifting the cup,”
the newspaper quoted
her as saying.
Noushi who is trav-
elling through the
Gulf countries in her
SUV
, got it shipped to
Oman from Mumbai
which is incidentally
the first Indian-regis-
tered right-hand vehi-
cle to be shipped into
the country
.
She began her jour-
ney from Muscat and
travelled to the UAE in
her SUV via the Hatta
border and stopped by
to see the world’s tall-
est tower in Dubai,
Burj Khalifa.
Naaji Noushi had started her trip on Oct 15 to Gulf countries.
—Representational photo
More properties
of banned JeL
attached in JK
Srinagar: JK’s State
Investigation Agency
(SIA) on Saturday got
more properties of the
banned Jamaat-e-Islami
(JeI) notified and at-
tached as properties in
unlawful use in Anant-
nagdistrict.TheDistrict
Magistrate of Anantnag
has notified these prop-
erties under the unlaw-
ful use of JeI. The prop-
erties include orchards,
shopping complexes,
agricultural land and
residential properties.
The notified properties
also include one kanal
and four malras of land
with a two-storey build-
ing housing office of
Falah-e-Aam Trust.
Ranchi (ANI): ‘Opera-
tion Octopus’ is still
continuing to dig out
explosives and hidden
arms and ammunition
from the densely for-
ested hilly range of the
Naxal bastion of ‘Burha
Pahar’ — a mountain
range spread over 55
square kms touching
three districts of
Jharkhand and Chhat-
tisgarh —which was
captured by security
forces in September.
‘Burha Pahar’, which
touches Chhattisgarh’s
Balrampur and Latehar
as well as Jharkhand’s
Garhwa, was captured
in a joint operation of
CRPF general duty bat-
talions, its Naxal spe-
cialised wing CoBRA,
Jharkhand Police and
Jharkhand Jaguar— a
special force of
Jharkhand Police. Once
known for the Naxal op-
eration base, ‘Burha Pa-
har’ had been an im-
pregnable Naxal bas-
tion for 32 years.
A total of 646 Impro-
visedExplosiveDevices,
18 factory-made regular
arms including one
light machine gun, 1,588
ammunition, 22 maga-
zines, one grenade
launcher, 85 grenades,
200 grenade arming
rings, 78 pressure cook-
er IEDs and arrow
bombs, Insas Rifles, Car-
bines, SLR Rifles, LMG
with bipod are among
several other items have
beenrecoveredsincethe
‘Operation Octopus’
was launched. These re-
coveries were made in
September this year.
OperationOctopusstillon
inJ’khandNaxalbastion
J’khand DGP Neeraj Sinha reviews anti-naxal operations.
—FILE PHOTO
First India Bureau
New Delhi: National
Cadet Corps (NCC), the
largest uniformed
youth organisation in
the world raised in 1948,
will celebrate its 74th
anniversary on Satur-
day (November 27). To
mark the occasion, De-
fence Secretary Girid-
har Aramane laid a
wreath and paid hom-
age to the fallen heroes
on behalf of the entire
NCC fraternity at Na-
tional War Memorial,
New Delhi on Friday
.
Speaking on the occa-
sion, the Defence Secre-
tary said, NCC in the
past few years has
evolved exponentially,
wherein youth in uni-
form have joined hands
in every initiative to
contribute to nation
building. The NCC Rais-
ing Day is also being
celebrated in all state
capitals, where cadets
are participating in
march past, cultural ac-
tivities and social devel-
opment programmes.
The event will be held
on Saturday
.
NCC to celebrate 74th
anniv of its raising today
Def. Secy Giridhar Aramane laying wreath at National War Memorial.
Cold wave grips parts of J’khand
BHARAT JODO YATRA
“BR Ambedkar urged us to
march on the road to unity”
Rahul Gandhi
posts video of
the Indian
Constitution
being signed by
Nehru, Gandhi
and others on
Nov 26, 1949
Rahul Gandhi with senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh during
Bharat Jodo Yatra in Madhya Pradesh.
DIGVIJAYA SINGH FALLS DURING BHARAT JODO YATRA,
UNHURT; BJP, CONG SPAR OVER ROAD CONDITIONS
Manihar (PTI): Senior Congress leader Digvijaya
Singh fell while taking part in the Rahul Gandhi-
led Bharat Jodo Yatra near Barwaha in Madhya
Pradesh's Khargone district on Saturday, the
incident igniting a verbal tussle between the op-
position party and the ruling Bharatiya Janata
Party on the condition of the state's roads. Singh
was unhurt after he fell while moving towards
a roadside restaurant during tea break amid the
march and was immediately helped to his feet by
Congress workers surrounding him, eye-witnesses
said. Digvijaya Singh has fallen to the ground four
times so far during the Bharat Jodo Yatra. However,
he has fallen for the first time in Madhya Pradesh
and the reason is the state also has bad roads, All
India Congress Committee media in charge Jairam
Ramesh told reporters.
MAN BOOKED FOR
DOCTORED VIDEO
OF CONG’S BJY
Raipur (PTI): The Chhat-
tisgarh police have reg-
istered an FIR against a
man for allegedly posting
a doctored video on social
media of pro-Pakistani
slogans being raised dur-
ing the Congress' 'Bharat
Jodo Yatra'. A member
of the Congress legal cell
lodged a complaint in
Raipur, following which
an FIR was registered
against a man, who
hails from neighbouring
Madhya Pradesh, said the
SHO of Civil Lines police
station said. The Con-
gress legal cell alleged
that the accused had on
Friday posted a doctored
video of the yatra on his
Twitter handle.
Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra during Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Rahul Gandhi with supporters during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh, on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI
9. business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: Amazon Inc
will shut down a food-de-
livery business it was test-
ing in India, the e-com-
merce giant said, a day af-
ter it announced the wind-
ing down of its online
learning platform for high-
school students in the
country. As a part of of an-
nual operating planning re-
view process, the company
made the decision to dis-
continue Amazon Food
from Dec 29, according to
a communication sent by
the e-commerce firm to its
restaurant partners in the
country. —AGENCIES
AMAZON TO CLOSE
FOOD-DELIVERY
BUSINESS IN INDIA
New Delhi: The US has
banned the sale and im-
port of new communica-
tions equipment from five
Chinese companies, in-
cluding Huawei and ZTE,
amid concerns over na-
tional security. Other com-
panies listed include Hikvi-
sion, Dahua and Hytera,
which make video surveil-
lance equipment and two-
way radio systems. It is
the first time US regula-
tors have taken such a
move on security grounds.
Hikvision said that its
products present no secu-
rity threat to the US. Hua-
wei and others have previ-
ously denied supplying
data to the Chinese gov-
ernment. —AGENCIES
US BANS SALE OF
HUAWEI, ZTE TECH
OVER SECURITY RISK
New Delhi: In what could
be one of the biggest data
breaches, phone numbers
of nearly 500 million
WhatsApp users are put
on sale online. As per re-
port by Cybernews, an ac-
tor posted an ad on a
hacking community fo-
rum, claiming that it is
selling a 2022 database of
487 million WhatsApp
user mobile numbers. The
database contains con-
tacts of users from 84 dif-
ferent countries that in-
clude the US, the UK, and
even India. —AGENCIES
WHATSAPP DATA
LEAK: 500 MN USER
RECORDS FOR SALE
New Delhi: Elon Musk
said that Twitter plans to
relaunch its premium ser-
vice that will offer different
coloured check marks to
accounts, in a fresh move
to revamp the service. It’s
the latest change to the so-
cial media platform. Musk
also said he would grant
“amnesty” for suspended
accounts and causing yet
more uncertainty for us-
ers. Twitter previously sus-
pended the service, which
under Musk granted blue-
check labels to anyone
paying $8 a month, be-
cause of a wave of impost-
er accounts. —AGENCIES
TWITTER WILL
RELAUNCH PREMIUM
SERVICE, SAYS MUSK
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Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 52,837.00 270.00 0.51 (Per 10g)
SILVER 61,875.00 705.00 1.13 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 81.62 0.08 0.09
GBPINR 96.71 0.73 0.75
CURRENCIES
*Rates till the edition went to print.
IPO-BOUND OYO’S
EBITDA RISES 8 TIMES,
LOSS REDUCED BY 20%
New Delhi: As part of its com-
mitment to update its Draft
Red Herring Prospectus with
the financial
performance
till the first half
of financial
2022-23, the
global travel tech company
OYO shared its financials with
markets regulator SEBI. The
company’s adjusted EBITDA
for Q2 grew 8 times from Rs 7
crore in Q1 of ` 56 crore, driven
by a 23% quarterly rise in gross
booking value per hotel during
Q2 to around ` 4 lakhs. —PTI
NO PLANS TO INCREASE
AMUL MILK PRICES IN
NEAR FUTURE: SODHI
New Delhi: Gujarat Coopera-
tive Milk Marketing Federation
(GCMMF), which markets
milk under the
Amul brand,
has no plans
to increase
prices of milk
in the near future, its MD R
S Sodhi said. GCMMF mainly
sells milk in Gujarat, Delhi-
NCR, West Bengal and Mum-
bai markets. The cooperative
sells over 150 lakh litres of
milk per day, out of which
Delhi-NCR accounts for nearly
40 lakh litres. —PTI
UTTAR PRADESH EYES HUGE INVESTMENT FROM
US FIRMS IN INVESTORS SUMMIT 2023
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh through the ‘Global Investors Sum-
mit-2023’ is expected to receive huge investment from the US,
particularly in nine sectors including IT, agriculture sectors,
electronics, food processing, defence and
aerospace, pharmaceutical and medical
devices, energy, retail and automobiles.
As per Invest UP, the nodal agency of
GIS-2023, the state is eyeing massive
investment from US companies. Apart
from this, government officials are also
in constant contact with various trade
organizations in the US, from where encouraging responses have
been received, an official statement said on Saturday. —PTI
ADANI ARM SEEKS LICENCE TO EXPAND POWER
DISTRIBUTION IN MUMBAI, INCLUDING AT JNPT
New Delhi: Adani Group company has sought licence for
expanding its power distribution business into more areas of
Mumbai, including the country’s largest
container port JNPT. In an advertisement
published in several newspapers in the
city on Saturday, Adani Electricity Navi
Mumbai (AENM) said it has approached
the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory
Commission (MERC) for a distribution
licence in some pockets of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region along
with its listed parent Adani Transmission. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
Indiaseekstoshrinkbudget deficit by 50bps
MODI GOVT’S CHALLENGE AMID GLOBAL HEADWINDS
New Delhi (Agencies):
India wants to narrow its
budget deficit by at least 50
basis points, according to
people familiar with the
matter, as authorities bal-
ance global investor scru-
tiny with the need for high-
er spending as the nation
enters an election year.
Finance Minister Nir-
mala Sitharaman will seek
to shrink the shortfall to
less than 6% of gross do-
mestic product in the year
starting April 1, the people
said, asking not to be iden-
tified as the deliberations
are private. Her presenta-
tion due Feb. 1 will be the
final full-year budget be-
fore citizens elect their
new prime minister in the
summer of 2024, a time
when Indian governments
typically loosen the purse
strings.
What complicates mat-
ters for Sitharaman is that
her food and energy bills
are inflated by the war in
Ukraine and given India
runs a current-account
deficit as well, the rupee
has been weakening to suc-
cessive record lows. Subsi-
dies on food, fertilizer and
fuel will cost at least $67
billion in the year ending
March 2023 — or 2.1% of
GDP — against the budget
estimate of 3.2 trillion ru-
pees ($39.2 billion),
Bloomberg News had re-
ported earlier. The Reserve
Bank of India has already
lost $100 billion from its
reserves defending the cur-
rency and, given the
strength of the dollar, it’s
perhaps wiser to allow rea-
sonable amounts of depre-
ciation and preserve stock-
piles of the greenback, the
people said.
AUTHORITIES BEING CAUTIOUS AS INDIA
NEEDS FOREIGN INFLOWS TO BRIDGE DEFICITS
New Delhi (Agencies): The people familiar with the matter said that
while authorities won’t change domestic policies to facilitate India’s
inclusion in global bond indexes, policy makers want to ensure
funds see India as an attractive destination and maintaining fiscal
discipline is a priority for the government. They added the subsidy
bill next year could ease as commodity prices are expected to cool
and the government intends to ramp up domestic production of fer-
tilizers. A free food grains program that fed about 800 million people
is also likely to come to an end, the people said. Discussions are
ongoing and the final numbers will be decided closer to the budget
presentation. A spokesperson for the finance ministry declined to
comment. India has budgeted a deficit of 6.4% of GDP in the cur-
rent year, significantly down from 9.2% during the first year of the
pandemic. A longstanding plan aims to shrink the shortfall to below
4.5% of GDP by 2025-26. The govt is confident of meeting this
year’s target and will stick to the glide path, the people said.
RBI asks Paytm to
reapply for payment
aggregator licence
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Reserve Bank
of India (RBI) has rejected
to entertain Paytm Pay-
ments Services’ (PPSL), a
wholly owned subsidiary
of Paytm, and has asked to
resubmit the application to
operate as payment aggre-
gator. The company, how-
ever, has said it will have
no material impact on its
business, according to a
regulatory filing.
The banking regulator
put a pause on onboarding
of online merchants by
Paytm Payments Services.
The company will not on-
board new online mer-
chants till the time approv-
als remain pending.
The company in an ex-
change filing said,” Our
100% subsidiary, Paytm
Payments Services Limit-
ed (“PPSL”), is in receipt
of a letter from Reserve
Bank of India (“RBI”) in
response to an application
from PPSL for the authori-
zation to provide payment
aggregator services (“PA
application”) for online
merchants.
The central bank said
that PPSL is required to re-
submit its PA application
within 120 calendar days.
PHONEPE SET TO ACQUIRE FINTECH START-UP
ZESTMONEY FOR ABOUT $300 MILLION
Bengaluru: Walmart-backed digital payments company PhonePe is
all set to acquire buy now, pay later (BNPL) company ZestMoney in a
deal pegged at $200 million- $300 million, according to sources. “The
talks are on and it will be finalised in another 3-4 weeks,” the sources
said. After the acquisition, ZestMoney will continue to operate as a
separate entity. ZestMoney, which was founded in 2015 by Lizzie
Chapman, Priya Sharma and Ashish Anantharaman, is the fastest
growing consumer lending fintech company.
5G rollout to be
fastest in India:
Nokia India exec
New Delhi (PTI): India is
going to record the fastest
5G rollout in the world and
it will be the biggest suc-
cess of the next -generation
telecom service with the
support of the government,
a senior Nokia India offi-
cial said.
Speaking at an event or-
ganised by the Foreign Cor-
respondent Club, Nokia
India Head of Marketing
and Corporate Affairs,
Amit Marwah, without
naming China expressed
concern over ‘infiltration
equipment’ in telecom sec-
tor from neighbouring
countries.
5G services will cover
the entire country over the
next couple of years—Jio
promises to do that by De-
cember 2023 and Bharti
Airtel by March 2024.
Are big tech giants turning heartless?
First India Bureau
New Delhi: 2022 has not
been a good year especial-
ly for the people working
in tech giants like Ama-
zon, Meta, and Twitter
among others as the com-
panies have slashed jobs
this year, with some citing
the COVID-19 pandemic is-
sue while others blaming
the rising inflation.
And now, thousands of
young Indians are sud-
denly staring at an uncer-
tain future as several tech-
nology companies and
start-ups announce mass
layoffs due to global head-
winds and funding
crunches with many re-
fusing to stay quiet about
it. The common reasons
for mass layoffs include
business closing, cost-re-
ducing, measures, de-
creased operations (Lack
of Work), loss of funds,
increase in technological
advancements, no particu-
lar position requirement,
changing standards and
policies, companies una-
ble to adapt to the situa-
tions after the lockdown
and the pandemic, infla-
tion rising, companies fac-
ing financial difficulties,
funding slowdown, and
the Ukraine-Russia war.
BIG TECH TUMBLE
MASS LAYOFF
TREND CONTINUES
z The mass layoffs at Meta,
Amazon, and Twitter have
started a bloodbath in the
United States and India
z Tech giant Google and HP
also joining the layoff trend
and may let go thousands of
employees
Desks at Meta office in New York.
Work to combat climate change,
boost millet production: Fin Min
Bengaluru (PTI): Union
Finance Minister Nirmala
SitharamanonSaturdayap-
pealed to startups to touch
upon less glamorous areas
including climate change,
millet production and im-
proving the condition of
farmers. Addressing a na-
tional level summit to pro-
mote startups, Sitharaman
emphasised more on cli-
mate change and asked the
startupstofindasolutionto
combat it as that will have a
bearing on the agriculture
pattern in the country
.
“Of course defence pro-
duction, renewable energy,
nuclear, satellites, space
technologies, they are all
there. You have already
touched upon those areas. I
am asking you to touch
upon some of those less
glamorous areas as well,”
Sitharaman said.
“My appeal is, more and
more innovations coming
from the startups for deal-
ing with climate and cli-
mate change is going to be
absolutely precious,” she
said and asked the startups
to work towards improving
conditions of farmers, ur-
ban dwellers and give a so-
lution through millets for
healthy eating. The start-
ups can also look at mar-
kets which can fetch much
better price for farmers,
which can also generate lot
of employment for them
because of the value addi-
tions that can be brought
in, she explained.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Karnataka CM Basavaraj
Bommai at the inauguration of Beyonder Emergence and Green Future
Summit, at Atria University in Bengaluru on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
‘SBI REPORTS HIGHEST PROFIT,
BROKING HOUSES LAUDING US’
New Delhi: Chairman of the country’s biggest lender
State Bank of India (SBI) Dinesh Khara on Saturday
asserted that analysts and broking houses are praising
the financial performance of the bank which reported
its highest profits recently.
For the first time, SBI registered the highest-ever prof-
its recorded by any corporate house, Khara said.
“In the recent quarterly results, the bank’s profits are
the highest ever. SBI crossed the highest ever
profits recorded by any corporate and ana-
lysts and broking houses are praising
this,” the SBI Chairman Dinesh Khara
said. In the second quarter of the cur-
rent financial year, the net profit of
the lender stood at Rs 13,265
crore, higher by 74 per cent com-
pared to the previous similar
period.
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First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Secre-
tary Usha Sharma on
Saturday asked district
collectors to prepare an
actionplantoensure100
percent coverage under
the Chief Minister Chi-
ranjeevi Health Insur-
ance Scheme. She said
that the scheme should
be promoted continu-
ously and camps should
be organized so that
more and more people
can take advantage of
the scheme.
Addressing Collec-
tors’ Conference
through video confer-
ence, Sharma said that
whatever deficiencies
have been found in the
implementation of the
flagship schemes of the
state government dur-
ing the inspection by
district in-charge secre-
taries should be re-
moved by coordination.
She said that regular
review should be done
by allotting block wise
targets to make Ayush-
man Chiranjeevi card
drive. Sharma instruct-
ed the officers to ensure
the quality and utility
of food under Indira Ra-
soi so that poor people
can be benefited more
from the scheme.
Under the Indira Gan-
dhi Urban Employment
GuaranteeScheme,skill
developmentof laborers
should be done so that
they can be used as
skilled workers. She
also issued guidelines to
the officers regarding
the working hours and
remuneration to be giv-
en to the laborers under
the scheme.
She said that atten-
tion should be paid to
the quality of teachers
in Mahatma Gandhi
English School.
In the meeting, dis-
trict in-charge secretar-
ies discussed in detail
various state govt flag-
ship and other schemes
including increasing
the pace of Jal Jeevan
Gati Mission, distribut-
ing scooty in Kali Bai
Scooty Distribution
Scheme on time, agri-
culture processing
scheme, etc.
‘Chiranjeevi Scheme should be promoted continuously’
SMOOTH COORDINATION
Indian Constitution is guiding
light of democracy: Governor
Guv Mishra also laid the foundation stone of statue of the former ruler of Bharatpur
Ravi Katara
Bharatpur: Rajasthan
governor Kalraj Mishra
on Saturday said that
the Indian Constitution
is the best interpreta-
tion of democracies
around the world in
which the citizens have
also been made aware
of the duties along with
the rights.
Speaking at a pro-
gramme at Maharaja
Surajmal Brij Universi-
ty in Bharatpur, he said
that the Constitution of
India is not only an im-
portant document made
for the governance sys-
tem and running the
state, but it is the guid-
ing light pillar, through
which the democratic
system of the country
operates.
He said that the con-
stitution, culture, and
nation all complement
each other and none can
be separated.
He also laid the foun-
dation stone of a statue
of the former ruler of
Bharatpur Maharaja
Suraj Mal on the occa-
sion. Bharatpur MP Ra-
jeeta Koli said that af-
ter the Constitution
Park’s opening, the fu-
ture generation’s curi-
osity to know about the
Constitution would be
awakened.
Governor Kalraj Mishra inaugurating newly constructed Constitution park at Maharaja Surajmal Brij
University in Bharatpur on Saturday.
MEMBERS PRESENT
JDA’s Knowledge City
South scheme can be a boon
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: The Jaipur
Development Author-
ity’s Knowledge City
South scheme can be a
boon for the area of
300 square kilometer
radius of the authori-
ty focuses on the plan
then the area can be
uplifted.UDH advisor
GS Sandhu himself
believes the impor-
tance of the scheme
and he instructed the
JDA officials in the re-
view meeting regard-
ing the development
of the scheme. The
road network here was
planned under the di-
rection of Sandhu
himself.
The focus was on di-
rect connectivity from
Tonk Road in the plan.
He recommended ear-
ly construction of two
proposed sector roads
and the plan was sent
to JDA for implemen-
tation. But till now
JDA has taken action
on this plan.
The JDA had pro-
posed this scheme in
2010 on Chittora Road
located at Diggi Mal-
pura Road. The JDA
initially made some
roads here and after
that the development
work of this scheme
hascometoastandstill.
FACILITIES TO
BE PROVIDED
Focus should
be on the area be-
tween Knowledge
City South, Phagi
Road and Tonk
Road
This entire area
can be developed
as a new satellite
town
On these
instructions of GS
Sandhu, JDA com-
missioner Ravi Jain
gave instructions
to the zone deputy
commissioner in
the meeting.
JDA Commis-
sioner Ravi Jain
had instructed the
Deputy Commis-
sioner to prepare
a quick report
regarding the
matter.
Fake call centre busted
in Chittorgarh, 16 held
CM Gehlot approves
underpass construction
at `14 cr in Kishangarh
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The state gov-
ernment is continu-
ously working towards
strengthening the in-
frastructure of the
state. Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has ap-
proved Rs 14 crore 89
lakh for construction
of underpass in Kis-
hangarh (Ajmer).
The underpass will
be constructed in the
old railway station
premises in Kis-
hangarh. The under-
pass will provide re-
lief to the common
people during traffic
hours. It will also con-
nect the city divided
into two due to the
railway line.
Gehlot had an-
nounced plans to make
an underpass in the
budget.
First India Bureau
Chittorgarh: The Chit-
torgarh police on Satur-
day busted a fake call
centre and arrested 16
people for allegedly
cheating people based
in the US by posing as
staff of e-commerce gi-
ant Amazon, police
said. “The fake call cen-
tre used to work be-
tween 6 pm to 6 am
wherein the miscreants
used Textnow Applica-
tion to make calls to peo-
ple sitting in the USA.
They used to cheat peo-
ple on the pretext of
parcel delivery, returns
and offering gift vouch-
ers. Computers, laptops,
and mobile phones have
been recovered from the
possession of the ac-
cused,” police said.
“Those arrested belong
to cities like Mumbai,
Udaipur, Guwahati, Na-
galand, Meghalaya, and
Ajmer. However, the
mastermind is yet to be
arrested in the matter.
The fake call centre was
being run from a hotel
located in Gopal Nagar,”
police added.
Accused in Kotwali police custody on Saturday.
3 arrested in Sri
Ganganagar
with fake notes
Doc thrashed
by Congress
leader in Kota
First India Bureau
Sri Ganganagar: The
Sri Ganganagar police
on Saturday arrested
three men with fake
currency notes worth
Rs. 40,000 in denomina-
tions of Rs. 500 and Rs.
200. Police informed
the accused, identified
as Vijendra, Mukesh
and Salim, were arrest-
ed in Suratgarh during
a random inquiry at a
checkpoint. “The three
bike-borne miscreants
were stopped and ques-
tioned at a checkpoint
in Suratgarh. During
checking, fake curren-
cy notes were recovered
from their possession,”
said Deputy SP Kishan
Singh. “The prime ac-
cused Vijendra and
Mukesh got the idea of
printing fake currency
notes through a jail in-
mate,” added Deputy SP
Kishan Singh.
First India Bureau
Kota: A doctor was al-
legedly thrashed by a
Congress leader in Kota
after a dispute broke
out between them over
the issuing of disability
certificate. Sources in-
formed that the inci-
dent occurred at Kat-
hun Hospital. “Con-
gress leader Naimud-
din Guddu allegedly
thrashed the doctor
during the medical
camp. An argument
broke out between them
over the issuing of a
disability certificate.
The Congress leader
turned violent and al-
legedly beat the doctor,”
said a source.
Paramour arrested
for killing looting
woman in Kota
First India Bureau
Kota: The Kota Police
has solved a murder
mystery wherein a
50-year-old woman was
allegedly murdered by
her paramour. Police
informed the accused
has been identified as
Pramod Kumar Singh.
“The accused was a
cloth trader and was in
poor financial condi-
tion due to losses in the
corona pandemic.
Pramod Kumar called
Pooja Arora on the pre-
text of marriage and
killed her. The accused
wanted to loot the vic-
tim as she was rich.
The victim sustained
head injuries and her
body was recovered
near Shambhupura
highway under the
Kunhadi Police Station
area on June 1,” police
said. “The woman had
left home saying that
she was going to Ma-
thura. However, her
dead body was recov-
ered in a bloodied con-
dition from the spot.
After five months of
investigation, Pramod
Kumar Singh has been
arrested and the mat-
ter is being investigat-
ed,” police added.
CM SANCTIONS ` 91.68
CR FOR ROAD IN JODH
CM Ashok Gehlot has given
financial approval of Rs
91.68 cr for road develop-
ment works in Jodhpur.
Widening and strengthening
of Salawas road (km 15)
from AIIMS in Jodhpur will
be done. A bridge will also
be constructed on the Jojari
river. With this, the travel
between Luni, Dhundhara to
AIIMS and other places in
Jodhpur city will be smooth.
It is noteworthy that in the
budget of the year 2022-
23, Gehlot had announced
for construction of various
roads, major repair and
upgradation of damaged
roads in each district at a
cost of Rs 3 133 cr.
Jodh officers work on weekends
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: Officers in
Jodhpur do not get
weekend offs. After di-
rections from Police
Commissioner Ravidu-
tt Gaur, they have to
work on weekends and
provide feedback to
Gaur. The commission-
er takes feedback from
DCP and other officers.
DCP Amrita Duhan
and Gaurav Yadav take
feedback from their
subordinate officers to
maintain law and or-
der. Apart from preven-
tion of crimes, the in-
structions of PHQ are
discussed. They take
feedback for timely dis-
posal of pending cases.
Collector Himanshu
Gupta reviewed the de-
velopment works on
Saturday. He also in-
spected the work under
construction in Sur-
pura Dam and Man-
dore Garden.
JDA Commissioner
Navneet Kumar and
other officers also
work. They take feed-
back regarding com-
pletion of budget an-
nouncements.
108 ambulance runs
out of fuel, patient dies
Banswara: A patient
died after the ambu-
lance he was in ran out
of fuel in Rajasthan’s
Banswara district on
Saturday
. It was alleged
that there was a delay
in getting the patient to
a hospital after the am-
bulance ran out of fuel.
Banswara Chief Medi-
cal and Health Officer
(CMHO) Dr. BP Varma
said a probe was under-
way into the incident.
State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer
Affairs Minister Pratap
Khachariyawas said
the govt will take strin-
gent action against
those responsible for it.
In this matter, a
4-member team com-
pleted the investigation
and submitted the re-
port to the Joint Direc-
tor. In the report, the
team told about the
death of the deceased
even before coming to
the PHC, but the team
denied the demand for
diesel from the patient’s
relatives. The team put
the full responsibility
of the episode on the 108
ambulance operator.
Ensure 100% coverage under the
CM Chiranjeevi Health Scheme: CS
Ravidutt Gaur
INSIGHTFUL MOMENTS!
Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat spent a delightful
noon at the Isha Yoga Centre in conversation with Sadhguru
at #IshaInsight Business leadership programme. Singh
tweeted, “It’s always a joy visiting the Isha Yoga Centre
and sharing insightful moments with @sadhgurujv. Here to
share the journey of rural transformation enabled by PM @
narendramodi’s visionary #JalJeevanMission.
GS Sandhu
Accused Pramod Kumar Singh
Usha Sharma, Alok Gupta other officials were present in the
meeting through video conference.
11. One simple way to add
happiness to life is to be of
service to others.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
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FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIAL
BY TRIDIB RAMAN
The author is a journalist and political
commentator and views expressed are his personal
WILL PRIYANKA CONTEST HER FIRST ELECTION FROM MP?
BJP TAKING
CONGRESS
FORWARD
Delhi’s local body
elections have taken
an interesting turn, with
initial trends show-
ing AAP’s lead in more
than 150 seats in the
MCD elections. Here a
direct fight is being told
between Aam Aadmi
Party and BJP, while
Congress candidates are
seen struggling even to
join the main fight. Now
BJP has started a new
‘game’ in Delhi, as the
party has started helping
Congress candidates
from within. If sources
are to be believed, the
BJP is not only opening
its purse strings to bring
the Congress into the
fray, but its people have
also started campaigning
for Congress candidates
wearing Congress caps.
A similar case was also
seen in Laxmi Nagar area
of Delhi. The BJP believes
that ‘the more Congress
grows, it will cut into
AAP’s vote, this can create
an advantage for the BJP’.
Politics has its own tradition of sunshine and shadow and even the Gandhi fam-
ily understands this very well. So, Priyanka Gandhi and her family chose Madhya
Pradesh very thoughtfully to join in on Rahul’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra.’ When Rahul’s Yatra
reached Khandwa, Priyanka joined the Yatra for the first time
with her husband Robert and son Rehaan. When this Yatra
reaches Mhow, Congress National President Mallikarjun
Kharge will also participate in it. If sources are to be believed,
Priyanka is looking for a number of Lok Sabha seats for 2024
which will not ‘disappoint’ her. Party stalwarts like Kamal Nath
and Digvijay Singh have already advocated sending Priyanka
to Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh. Congress needs a
young leadership in Madhya Pradesh after Jyotiraditya Scindia
joined BJP, as both the veteran Congress leaders, Kamal Nath
and Digvijaya Singh have become old. If the Ram temple is
completed in 2024, then the Uttar Pradesh may witness a ‘full
bloom’ of the lotus and in such a situation, Priyanka would not want to take the risk of
reconquering the forts of Amethi or Raebareli. Perhaps this is the reason, why Rahul
Gandhi is also concentrating heavily on Madhya Pradesh. He is also raising the issue of
the core voters of the Congress, the tribal community, and the Congress organisation
of the state is also seen united behind him.
ARVIND KEJRIWAL FOCUSES
BACK ON NEW DELHI
AAP Supremo Arvind Kejriwal is well
aware of what does the victory in Delhi
Municipal Corporation polls means for
his party’s new rise. So, when he heard of
‘troubled times’ in his party in Delhi, he
left everything, i.e. left the poll campaign
of Gujarat midway, returned to Delhi
put all his energy in elections here. Kejri
knows that this time his party may not
make a big splash in Gujarat, but it can
definitely make its Mayor in Delhi. So, in
order to corner the BJP, AAP is raising lo-
cal issues in Delhi, such as mountains of
garbage, cleanliness hygiene, menace
of monkeys stray dogs in Delhi. On the
other hand, BJP is bringing its CMs from
other states to Delhi for its campaign,
who have no special knowledge of the
local issues of Delhi. The BJP has come
on its ‘winning face’, which means that
now Delhi Municipal polls will also be
fought on Modi’s face, who has brought
the biggest guarantee of winning polls for
Saffron Party continuously since 2014.
LALU UNDER SON TEJASHWI
YADAV’S INFLUENCE
The new team announced by RJD
supremo Lalu Yadav before leaving for
Singapore for his treatment, clearly shows
the influence of his son and his political heir
Tejashwi Yadav on this new team. Unlike
Lalu, Tejashwi seems to be an advocate of
promoting leaders with a slightly clean im-
age in his party. Lalu announced a new ex-
ecutive of 85 members, wherein, 10 Yadav
and only 3 Muslim faces have found place.
Among the 10 leaders, who have been
made National General Secretaries, only one
Muslim face is included in the form of Syed
Faisal Ali. Earlier, when the by-elections
were being held in Gopalganj, Tejashwi
had refused to share the stage with Hina
Shahab, widow of the ill-fated Bahubali Sha-
habuddin. While Hina had left for Gopalganj
with her entourage of 50 vehicles to attend
the RJD rally, she had to return midway
after Tejashwi’s ‘no’.
Annoyed, she fielded
one of her candi-
dates from Owaisi’s
party who got more
than 12,000 votes
and Tejashwi’s of-
ficial candidate lost the
election by just 1,800
votes. Despite this,
Tejashwi has tried to
present an example.
WHO IS BEHIND ASSAM CHIEF
MINISTER HIMANTA BISWA SARMA?
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is
gearing up to challenge Yogi Adityanath, the big-
gest champion of Hindutva in BJP. Sarma is consid-
ered very close to Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Sarma often makes headlines by making strange
statements. During Rahul Gandhi’s visit, he compared
Rahul Gandhi’s face with Saddam Hussain regarding
his grown beard, then he was also challenged by the
Congress not to violate the decorum of language.
If sources are to be believed, the top leadership of
BJP is gradually raising him as the new champion
of Hindutva as an option of Yogi so that he can
prominently occupy a place among
the leaders of the second line of
the party. On the other hand,
Yogi Adityanath is one of the
most sought after leaders for
his election meetings, be it
Karnataka or Kerala, North East
or Odisha, even in Modi-Shah’s
home state of Gujarat. Perhaps
this thing is bringing stress on the
foreheads of the top leadership
of the party. So, efforts are
on to project Sarma as an
alternative to Yogi.
WHICH TWO ‘JOURNALISTS’ DID
RAHUL GANDHI CHOOSE?
In his ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra,’ instead of giving interviews
to eminent journalists or TV anchors, Rahul Gandhi
openly shared his heart with two YouTubers. One of
them is Shyam Meera Singh, who made a programme
by researching on Adani Group’s un-
expected flight and Pulwama. The
other is Samdish Bhatia, who
humorously interviews Rahul
for his channel ‘Unfiltered by
Samdish’, walks with him on
the yatra. Yogendra Yadav and
Kanhaiya Kumar are believed
to have played an important
role in arranging these two
interviews. It is believed that
Kanhaiya Kumar is going to get
the fruits of his hard work soon,
as he can be the new President
of Bihar Pradesh Congress
Committee. Yogendra Yadav
can also get some impor-
tant responsibility in the
organisation.
BHARAT JODO YATRA WILL BE
HISTORIC, ASSERTS DOTASRA
CONGRESS LEADERS REVIEW YATRA PREPARATIONS IN KOTA
l The Yatra will enter Jhalawar from Madhya
Pradesh on December 4, the PCC Chief says
l Reviewing preps of the Yatra in Jhalawar, he
says it will cover a distance of 570 kms in Raj
Bhanwar S Charan
Ari Mansoori
Kota/Jhalawar: PCC
President Govind Singh
Dotasara and other
leaders visited Jhalwar
and reviewed prepara-
tions for ‘Bharat Jodo
Yatra.’ The Yatra will
enter Jhalawar from
Madhya Pradesh in the
first week of December.
The party leaders visit-
ed the route of the
Yatra. They also re-
viewed arrangements
in Sports Complex in
Jhalawar.
Dotasra along with
Ministers reached
Chawli area from Cir-
cuit House. They in-
spected the MP border
Sports Complex in
Jhalawar city, where
they reviewed the ar-
rangements for night
stay. Bharat Jodo Yatra
in Rajasthan will cover
a distance of 570 kms.
In Jhalawar district, a
journey of 80 kilome-
ters will be covered in
two days.
“This journey will be
historic,” he said. “Till
now the journey of 2000
kms has been complet-
ed. During this, the
yatra has received a his-
toric welcome,” he said.
Targeting the Central
Government, he said
that the Centre has
failed to deal with ris-
ing inflation, unem-
ployment and deterio-
rating harmony. “In
such a situation, Rahul
Gandhi is working hard
to maintain brother-
hood among the peo-
ple,” he added.
Rajpolicemakeselaborate
arrangements for Yatra
Shanti Dhariwal Govind S Dotasra discuss and review
preparations for the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ in Kota on Saturday.
Also seen here are Pramod Jain Bhaya, Ramlal Jat, Mahendra
Chaudhary, Rafeek Khan, Sandeep Singh Choudhary and others.
Deepak Nandi Prasanna Kumar Khamesra chair a meet
of DMs SPs to discuss Yatra’s route chart in Kota.
CuriosityrisesregardingThakur
CSUshaSharma'smeeting!
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Recently Un-
ion IB Minister Anu-
rag Thakur was in
Jaipur to attend a pro-
gramme. During his
visit, the Minister also
met Chief Secretary
Usha Sharma and the
meet has grabbed the
eye- balls of the bu-
reaucratic and politi-
cal sphere of Rajasthan
and everyone is ques-
tioning as to what hap-
pened during the hour-
long conversation be-
tween the two?
The meeting was held
at Hotel Marriott from
10.30 to 11.30 pm as a
large number of people
had come to meet Anu-
rag Thakur on this day
and the Union Minister
kept meeting all the
people till 1:30 am!
Gehlot addresses...
Many people lost their
lives in Morbi, but even
a probe wasn’t done. HC
reprimanded govern-
ment provided com-
pensation. Govt should
have conducted a judi-
cial inquiry. 70 people
died of spurious alco-
hol, but no one cared,”
he said. Targeting the
Centre, he said, “For
the 1st time in nation
entire govt has been
changed (in Gujarat).
Small industries came
to a standstill due to de-
monetisation. “Promis-
es will be kept in Guja-
rat if voted to power.”
FROM PG 1
Jaipur (PTI): Sr Cong
leader RS MP from
Raj Randeep Surjewala
has de-
m a n d e d
from Union
Minister for
chemical
fertilizers
Mansukh Mandaviya to
ensure adequate supply
of urea for farmers. He
wrote to Min saying
that Raj was allocated
4.50L metric tonnes of
urea for Oct in Rabi sea-
son, but only 2.89L met-
ric tonnes was supplied.
Surjewala demands
ample urea supply
for Raj farmers
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: The Ra-
jasthan Police has
started making elab-
orate arrangements
for the ‘Bharat Jodo
Yatra,’ scheduled to
take place in Ra-
jasthan from early
December. ADG
(Traffic) VK Singh
and ADG (Security) S
Sengathir on Satur-
day, directed the SPs
of the concerned dis-
tricts via VC to make
adequate arrange-
ments for security
and traffic during
the Yatra of Con-
gress leader Rahul
Gandhi in Rajasthan.
ADG (Traffic) VK
Singh informed that
'Bharat Jodo Yatra'
will pass through
Jhalawar, Kota Ru-
ral, Kota City, Bundi,
Sawai Madhopur,
Dausa and Alwar dis-
tricts in Rajasthan.
During the Yatra,
nearly 3,000-4,000 po-
licemen will be de-
ployed and necessary
arrangements re-
garding their lodging
and boarding are be-
ing made. “The
Bharat Jodo Yatra
will be begun in Ra-
jasthan from Kota
range. The Kota
range team has al-
ready visited the
neighbouring state
of Madhya Pradesh
to see the arrange-
ments in advance.
The traffic diversion
is being planned on
the 'Yatra' routes
keeping in view the
safety of the crowd
and VVIPs coming
during the Yatra,”
said ADG VK Singh.
CM GEHLOT BLESSES JC SHOW TEAM!
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO and Editor-in-Chief,
Bharat24-Vision of New
India and First India, and
CMD, First India News
along with his team met CM
Ashok Gehlot on Saturday
at Surya Palace Hotel in
Vadodara, Gujarat. Gehlot,
who was in a jovial mood
on Saturday evening,
blessed all the anchors
of the JC Show and some
children also. During this,
Aditi Nagar, Amit Mishra,
Poornima Mishra, Pooja
Yadav, Shweta Raje and
Astha Khandelwal were
present along with Dr
Jagdeesh Chandra. CM’s
OSD Shashikant Sharma
was also there. The JC
Show on the topic of Gujarat
elections (Modi all the way)
will be telecast on First India
at 2:25 pm on Sunday.
Anurag Thakur Usha Sharma
The Central Government has failed to
deal with rising inflation, unemploy-
ment and deteriorating. In such a sit-
uation, Rahul Gandhi is working hard to
maintain brotherhood among the people.
—GS Dotasra, PCC President
RAGA MIGHT TAKE
A NIGHT TOUR OF
KOTA ON DEC 7
GOVT, GURJAR
QUOTA PANEL REPS’
MEET ON MONDAY
GS Dotasra said that
Yatra will enter
Jhalawar on December 4,
for which the preparations
have been intensified in
Hadauti region. Possibili-
ties are also being explored
for a night tour of Rahul
Gandhi in Kota city. UDH
Minister Shanti Dhariwal in
an exclusive conversation
with First India, indicated
about the possibility of
Rahul’s night tour of Kota
city on December 7.
Jaipur: Regarding opposi-
tion to Bharat Jodo Yatra
protest by Gurjar leaders,
talks will be held between
government Gurjar Res-
ervation Sangharsh Samiti
at Secretariat on Monday
at 10 am. On govt’s behalf,
Min Dr BD Kalla, Rajendra
Yadav, Ashok Chandna,
Joginder Singh Awana
will be present. 10 reps
including Vijay Bainsla will
be present on behalf of the
Sangharsh Samiti.